Community Engagement Grants Program

Applications for Cooperative Initiatives Grants Program 2025-29 grant opportunity now open

Eligible organisations can now apply for our Cooperative Initiatives Grants Program.

The program provides funding for organisations to join together with other organisations to collaboratively work to identify and resolve workplace issues and promote compliance and positive change across the spectrum of workplace participants.

Learn more at Cooperative Initiatives Grants Program applications now open.

The CEG Program started on 1 January 2017 and provides funding to organisations undertaking a range of activities, projects or programs of work, which include:

  • legal advice sessions
  • community education
  • telephone or face to face advisory services
  • case work services.

All grant-funded activities must involve the provision of professional advice, information or assistance to people within the federal workplace relations system about the operation of Commonwealth workplace laws, particularly the Fair Work Act 2009.

We received a high number of quality applications for both rounds of the grants.

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